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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4981180" data-attributes="member: 54375">During his <a href="https://www.wbrc.com/2021/08/27/i-dont-know-how-much-longer-we-can-do-this-state-health-officer-emotional-over-covid-19-crisis/" target="_blank">press conference</a> yesterday, Dr Scott Harris broke down as he detailed the strain on the health care system in Alabama due to COVID. There are literally no ICU beds left in the state, and there haven&#039;t been for over a week. If you need one, you&#039;re either left in a makeshift ICU bed in a hallway, or kept in the emergency room, further compounding the problem.Alabama has the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/" target="_blank">lowest vaccination rate</a> in the country, with just 37.5% of the eligible population fully vaccinated. With schools reopening, <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/alabama-reports-5571-covid-cases-among-school-age-kids-in-last-two-weeks.html" target="_blank">more than 5000 students</a> tested positive just last week. Testing shows a 23% positivity rate, one of the highest in the country.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4981180, member: 54375"] During his [URL='https://www.wbrc.com/2021/08/27/i-dont-know-how-much-longer-we-can-do-this-state-health-officer-emotional-over-covid-19-crisis/']press conference[/URL] yesterday, Dr Scott Harris broke down as he detailed the strain on the health care system in Alabama due to COVID. There are literally no ICU beds left in the state, and there haven't been for over a week. If you need one, you're either left in a makeshift ICU bed in a hallway, or kept in the emergency room, further compounding the problem. Alabama has the [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/']lowest vaccination rate[/URL] in the country, with just 37.5% of the eligible population fully vaccinated. With schools reopening, [URL='https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/alabama-reports-5571-covid-cases-among-school-age-kids-in-last-two-weeks.html']more than 5000 students[/URL] tested positive just last week. Testing shows a 23% positivity rate, one of the highest in the country. [/QUOTE]

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